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Subject:Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Sun, 5 Jun 2016 00:06:47 -0600

Dennis

        I believe you got that Backwards ~ 1.9 is DigiJet & 2.1 is DigiFant ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 4 Jun , 2016, at 11:46 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The distributors are unique to the fuel injection system/year of vehicle. Not the engine if doing a swap. The 1.9 distributor for the Digifant has both a vacuum and mechanical advance mechanisms. The 2.1 Digijet is fixed as the timing advance is controlled in the ECU.  
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Cary Chiang
> Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 12:19 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
> 
> Greetings:
> What are the visual clues that make it easy to differentiate between 1.9 & 2.1L distributors, when they are not installed?  Thanks.
> 
> Cary